4/20/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly C.A. No. 63); 2. He must be at least twenty-one years of age and shall have resided in the Philippines at least six months before he applies for naturalization (Sec. 3[1], C.A. No. 63); 3. He must have conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner during the entire period of his residence (of at least six months prior to the filing of the application) in the Philippines, in his relations with the constituted government as well as with the community in which he is living (Sec. 3[2], C.A. No. 63); 4. He subscribes to an oath declaring his intention to renounce absolutely and perpetually all faith and allegiance to the foreign authority, state or sovereignty of which he was a citizen or subject (Sec. 3[3], C.A. No. 63). [18] See note 13. [19] Sec. 4, C.A. No. 63. [20] Sec. 1, Republic Act No. 965 (1953). [21] Sec. 1, Republic Act No. 2630 (1960). [22] Sec. 1, Republic Act No. 8171 (1995). [23] Ibid. [24] 314 SCRA 438 (1999). [25] Id., at 450. [26] Jovito R. Salonga, PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW, p. 165 (1995). [27] See Art. IV, Sec. 1, 1935 Constitution. [28] The date of effectivity of the 1973 Constitution. [29] Article VI, Section 17 of the 1987 Constitution provides thus: Sec. 17. The Senate and the House of Representatives shall each have an Electoral Tribunal which shall be the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns, and qualifications of their respective Members. Each Electoral Tribunal shall be composed of nine Members, three of whom shall be Justices of the Supreme Court to be designated by the Chief Justice, and the remaining six shall be Members of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, who shall be chosen on the basis of proportional representation from the political parties and the parties or organizations registered under the party-list system represented therein. The senior Justice in the Electoral Tribunal shall be its Chairman. [30] Garcia vs. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, 312 SCRA 353, 364 (1999). https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/58613 9/25